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DRG Mismatches
By Cheryl Ericson, MS, RN, CCDS, CDIP for For the Record When discrepancies occur, the ensuing reconciliation process serves as a prime opportunity to educate CDI and coding staffs. Reconciliation rates monitor both clinical documentation...
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Physicians employed by hospitals and corporations more dissatisfied than independent doctors
By Jeff Lagasse for Healthcare Finance A national survey from analytics company Geneia found physicians who are employed by hospitals and corporations are more dissatisfied and burned out than those who work independently and in physician-owned practices....
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Book excerpt: Physician education on anemia documentation
By Sheila Duhon, MBA, RN, CCDS, A-CCRN, CCS for ACDIS Blog It’s often a challenge for CDI specialists to obtain precise documentation of anemia in the medical record. A hospitalist once asked me why I...
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Coding tip of the day: Don’t take non-covered service denials at face-value
By Angie Stewart for Becker’s ASC Review Insurers may wrongly deny a claim and hope providers don’t notice it’s actually a covered service, according to medical coding and billing specialist Steven Verno. Mr. Verno shared...
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Combining highly accurate, cloud-based speech recognition into CLICKVIEW Digital Radiology Informatics Reporting will create faster, easier and more accurate documentation
Dolbey and Company Inc. (Dolbey) Best in KLAS for Speech Recognition 2012-2016 and Category Leader – Front-end Speech Recognition for Imaging 2018 announced today that they have partnered with CLICKVIEW the leading provider of Digital...
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Artificial Intelligence: 3 charts reveal what hospitals need in the near future
By Tom Sullivan for Healthcare IT News AI is already having a big impact, but strategic planning is not keeping pace and healthcare organizations need to be proactive about developing tools now. Healthcare executives expect...
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